World-News

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: "Today marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns. We speak with Bob Edgar, the president of Common Cause, which has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Justice urging it to investigate whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves from the case last year because of a conflict of interest."

http://www.truth-out.org/on-anniversary-citizens-united-ruling-common-cause-calls-justice-dept-investigate-scalia-and-thomas



Corporations, Unions and the Value of Opposition

Ellen Dannin, Truthout: "Why have unions? Because the persistent problem of unlimited corporate power requires an effective counterbalance. The need for such a counterbalance is clear. We saw the effect of increasing corporate power in the 2010 elections. We see it in virtually every law considered by Congress and state legislatures. And we saw it in the period leading up to the 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression. As corporations grow mightier, they are able to amass even greater power. Then, just as now, Supreme Court decisions made corporations unaccountable to their societies by removing limits on corrupting and destructive power wielded by corporations."

http://www.truth-out.org/corporations-unions-and-value-opposition67023



Court and Chevron's "Crude" Attacks Continue

Michael Winship, Truthout: "Joe Berlinger's back is against the wall. Last week the independent filmmaker, already facing crushing debt from legal bills, was dealt a major blow in his continuing fight against the third-largest company in America: Chevron. It's a battle that epitomizes the hardship individuals face trying to challenge corporate giants that punch back with a knockout force of high-powered lawyers and unlimited cash. What's more, Berlinger's struggle continues to raise serious First Amendment issues and - as we approach the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision - throws yet another spotlight on the increasingly pro-business stance of the nation's legal system."

http://www.truth-out.org/court-and-chevrons-crude-attacks-continue67014

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"Legalize Democracy!" Demand Activists Rallying Nationwide to Overturn Lawless Citizens United Ruling
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/21-3

One Year Later, Movement Is Growing to Overturn 'Citizens United'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-12

Happy Birthday, Citizens United!
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/21-2

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Is America Too Corrupt to Keep Up?

By David Sirota

Patriotism may play well with voters on the campaign trail, but corporate cash ultimately rules the day in our nation's capital.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27321.htm



Justice for Sale

Corruption at the Supreme Court

By Don Monkerud

Tea Partiers, Republicans, and protectors of public morality are right about corruption in government. The only problem is they are looking in the wrong place.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27370.htm



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